Inside Soap UK 18-2025

Who doesn’t love a soap ‘whodunnit’? (well, possibly not Joe Tate, seeing as he’s the unwitting victim of one this week). Emmerdale serves us up another tantalising mystery as someone takes their wicked revenge on Joe, but with almost everyone in the village wanting him dead, it’s anyone’s guess who actually does the deed. Personally, I’m hoping the perpetrator is Ice the Horse, jealous that Joe’s been taking all Kim’s attention. And given that Ice has already been responsible for one death, if Joe also dies this means we could have a new Dales serial killer on our hands… let’s just hope the local cops can get to the hoof of the matter (sorry)! Turn the page for more. “We could have a new Dales serial killer…” Elsewhere, we have…

First with the week’s HOTTEST headlines The stage is set for high drama up at Home Farm this week, as ruthless Joe Tate becomes the victim of a heinous ‘whodunnit’! Lydia’s surprise birthday party at the big house is the unlikely setting for this latest Dales mystery – and as the guests gather, Joe’s enemies circle, all waiting to strike when he least expects it. But after someone takes their brutal revenge, it’s less a case of who wants Joe gone for good and more a question of who got to him first… “At this point, you’d be hard pressed to find someone in the village who doesn’t want Joe dead!” declares our Dales super-sleuth. “Joe’s been racking up enemies left, right and centre, so as the police descend to…

Billy finally finds out the reason for his marriage break-up this week – when he discovers his wife has been having it off with Joe Tate! Not only is it a terrible betrayal from the woman he loved and the man he thought was his friend, but Billy then goes on to discover that Joe’s made nasty threats against young Clemmie after she spotted him and Dawn kissing! Raging from Dawn and Joe’s treachery and desperate to protect his daughter, could Billy have been pushed to take his wicked revenge? “Someone threatening your child is unforgivable!” insists Jay Kontzle, who plays betrayed Billy. “A kiss can be taken in so many different ways, but at this point it’s not as significant as someone threatening a child – and the threats…

When we first spotted Kerry in the suspect line-up, we were quite surprised – but the events of this week actually end with her as the front-runner for Joe’s attack… As the truth about Joe’s involvement in the limousine crash comes to light (see over the page for more on that), Kerry’s blind fury builds as she realises her daughter Amy is dead because of the rotter. She’s seen lurking at Lydia’s party, simmering with resentment – so might Kerry be driven to avenge Amy’s death by launching an attack on the man who caused the devastation? Turn the page to find out who else has good reason to want Joe dead……

All hell breaks loose in the village this week, when Charity finds out that Joe spiked her son Noah in a bid to get his hands on a kidney! Ever since that fateful night of the limo crash, when Charity was forced to swerve to avoid hitting her son Noah – who was wandering dazed and confused in the middle of the road – she’s been convinced that Joe was the one responsible for drugging her boy. So when Ruby confirms her worst fears, admitting that Joe went on to illegally obtain a kidney from Caleb, Charity swears deadly revenge on the man who tried to carve up her son… “Charity’s like a woman possessed – she won’t rest until Joe’s six feet under!” announces our village spy. “The fact…

CALEB He’s fuelled the flames of Charity and Noah’s hatred for Joe – but if either of them fails to do the deed, could Caleb be forced to finish the job himself? RUBY Ruby has form, having snuffed out the life of her abusive dad, Anthony. Could she prove her loyalty to hubby Caleb by doing his dirty work for him? CAIN Cain’s already attacked Joe once and left him for dead. And he certainly owes Caleb after sleeping with his missus – would this murderous act finally make them even?…